The 39th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam Opens on November 12: Running Through November 22 With Several Sundance Award-Winning Documentaries in the Program
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — The 39th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam opened on November 12 and runs through November 22. The Sundance Institute published its list of Sundance-supported films screening at this year's festival on November 12.
The program includes Nuisance Bear, which won the U.S. Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Another title, Birds of War, won the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Journalistic Impact at Sundance.
The list also includes Everybody to Kenmure Street, winner of the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Civil Resistance. To Hold a Mountain, winner of the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize for Documentary, also screens at this year's festival.
The Amsterdam festival is one of the leading showcases for nonfiction cinema, and this year marks its 39th edition.
Source: Sundance Institute
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：阿姆斯特丹 Damrak 运河暮色。作者与授权：Basile Morin，CC BY-SA 4.0，维基共享资源。 / Photo: Canal houses on the Damrak in Amsterdam at blue hour. Wikimedia Commons (Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0).
